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ISW News Roundup - July 23, 2009
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Iraq
Washington Post - Obama Calls on Iraq to Foster National Unity, by Karen DeYoung
Associated Press - Iraqi Premier: Kurdish-Arab Dispute Must be Solved
New York Times - Iraq Premier and Obama Emphasize the Positive, by Jeff Zeleny
Los Angeles Times - Obama Applauds Improved Security in Iraq, by Mark Silva
Washington Times - U.S. Pledges to Help Cut Iraq's Debts, by Eli Lake
Department of Defense - On the Ground: Forces Mark Training Milestones in Iraq
Los Angeles Times - Audit Urges Cuts at U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, by Karen DeYoung
Reuters - U.S. Military Says Kills Two Iraqi Gunmen
Associated Press - Early Voting Begins in Key Kurdish Elections, by Yahya Barzanji
RFE/RL - Election Monitors Arrive in Iraq's Kurdish Region
Wall Street Journal - Top Kurdish Parties Face Poll Challenge, by Gina Chon
New York Times - Iraqi Ethnic Group in Contested Region Will Boycott Census, by Timothy Williams
Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal - Afghan Democracy Bares Its Rough Edges, by Peter Wonacott and Anand Gopal
VOA News - Afghan TV Presidential Debate to Proceed Without Karzai
Reuters - Afghan Leader Says Open to Poll Debates but Not Yet, by Sayed Salahuddin
New York Times - Biden Warns of More 'Sacrifice' in Afghanistan, by Alan Cowell
Associated Press - Biden: Expect More Casualties in Afghanistan, by Raphael G. Slatter
VOA News - 2 US Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan Bomb Blast
AFP - US Envoy in Afghanistan's Troubled South: Local Official
VOA News - Britain's PM Defends Afghanistan Mission, by Julia Ritchey
AFP - Mongolia to Send Troops to Afghanistan
CNN - American Pleads Guilty in Attack on U.S. Base in Afghanistan
Pakistan
Washington post - Officials: Son of Osama Bin Laden Believed Killed in U.S. Missile Strike, by Joby Warrick
Associated Press - US Thinks Bin Laden Son Was Killed, Not Certain, by Pamela Hess and Pauline Jelinek
Long War Journal - Osama Bin Laden's Son Thought Killed in Predator Strike, by Bill Roggio
VOA News - Pakistani Taliban Spokesman Claims Swat Valley Leader is Alive, Unharmed
BBC - Taliban Say Swat Leader 'Alive'
Washington Post - Pakistan Seeks More U.S. Military Aid, by Joshua Partlow
VOA News - US Diplomat Offers Help to Pakistanis Displaced in Terrorism Fight, by Ayaz Gul
Reuters - U.S. Sees Pakistan Securing Swat Before Attacking Mehsud, by Simon Cameron-Moore
Associated Press - US Envoy: Securing Pakistan's Swat a Top Priority, by Elena Becatoros
AFP - Clinton Praises Pakistan's 'Courageous' Struggle
AFP - Pakistan 'Returns 385,000 Displaced'
VOA News - One Million Children in Pakistan May Miss Out on School, by Lisa Schlein
Christian Science Monitor - Mumbai Trial: India's Global Stage for Case Against Pakistan, by Ben Arnoldy
Region
Christian Science Monitor - US Citizen Captured in Pakistan Gives Window into Al Qaeda's World, by Tom A. Peter
CNN - New York Man Pleads Guilty to Aiding Al Qaeda
Los Angeles Times - U.S.-Born Militant Who Fought for Al Qaeda is in Custody, by Sebastian Rotella and Josh Meyer
North Korea
Department of Defense - Military Monitors Potential North Korean Weapons Proliferation, by Gerry J. Gilmore
Russia
Associated Press - NATO, Russia Consider Ways to Boost Cooperation, by Slobodan Lekic
Reuters - Russia and NATO Discuss Somalia, Afghanistan
Reuters - Biden: U.S. Backs Georgia, Russia Must Pull Back, by Margarita Antidze and Matt Robinson